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jennifer griffin at the pentagon. bill: there is a growing backlash meanwhile over the pentagon's new medal for drone operators. veterans say they have been insulted the new award is ranked higher than those who serve on the battlefield. distinguished warfare medal as it is known is ranked higher than the bronze star which is given for heroic conduct and the purple heart for troops injured in pat he will. nearly 6,000 people so far signed a petition urging the white house to demote the new medal. >>> ten minutes past the hour now. when she was speak are he of the house nancy pelosi famously said this about the health care bill. >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. bill: turns out a lot of what's in it is unpopular. with some of the same people who supported it. the true cost of obamacare for young americans. martha: and boy, blockbuster testimony this morning out of former olympian oscar pistorius about the night that he shot his model girlfriend. he
jennifer griffin at the pentagon. bill: there is a growing backlash meanwhile over the pentagon's new medal for drone operators. veterans say they have been insulted the new award is ranked higher than those who serve on the battlefield. distinguished warfare medal as it is known is ranked higher than the bronze star which is given for heroic conduct and the purple heart for troops injured in pat he will. nearly 6,000 people so far signed a petition urging the white house to demote the new...
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jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. she has been working through this with us trying to report what we can, what we can confirm. jennifer, good morning. what have you pieced together? >> reporter: good morning, bill. what we can say for certain that everything changed at about 7:00 a.m. eastern. that is when the algerian military opened fire. we understand they fired from helicopter gunships on some of the hostage-takers as they were trying to leave the facility. there are reports from a militant spokesman, one of the hostage takers spokesmen, has told local press reports out in the region that 35 of the hostages were killed and that seven are still being held by the hostage-takers. two of them americans. we can not confirm that with u.s. sources at this point in time. in fact the situation has gotten very murky and the agencies in the united states which monitor this situation are not clear themselves what has happened at this time. i can report from conversations i had very early this morning that at least one america
jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. she has been working through this with us trying to report what we can, what we can confirm. jennifer, good morning. what have you pieced together? >> reporter: good morning, bill. what we can say for certain that everything changed at about 7:00 a.m. eastern. that is when the algerian military opened fire. we understand they fired from helicopter gunships on some of the hostage-takers as they were trying to leave the facility. there are reports from a...
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stern warnings from the pentagon. what is at stake if congress does not avoid billion dollar budget cuts. >> we are seeing lake effect snow showers downwind of the great lakes. cold weather and an active weather is here to stay. live look outdoors with clouds in place. >> grim warnings from the pentagon this afternoon. massive furloughs are pending for civilian employees if lawmakers don't avoid the sequester. with just nine days left, the president is continuing his own plea for negotiations. >> the fight over $1.20 trillion over across the board spending cuts is raging on even with lawmakers out of town. today it is the pentagon's turn to warn congress did more than 700,000 civilian employees would take one day off a week without pay. yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding up a deal. he was surrounded at the white house by emergency responders that the president said could lose their jobs. >> these cuts are not smart, not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> the president wants to replace the cuts
stern warnings from the pentagon. what is at stake if congress does not avoid billion dollar budget cuts. >> we are seeing lake effect snow showers downwind of the great lakes. cold weather and an active weather is here to stay. live look outdoors with clouds in place. >> grim warnings from the pentagon this afternoon. massive furloughs are pending for civilian employees if lawmakers don't avoid the sequester. with just nine days left, the president is continuing his own plea for...
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i did that on a number of occasions at the pentagon. >> ok. all -- whatd -- we you just said reminds me. leadership is the courage to stay out of step when everybody else is marching to the wrong 10. leadership also requires folks to lead. -- as youues know have said earlier -- this position has been vacant for months. the deputy secretary has been vacant for half a year. there are a number of other positions that need to be filled. the administration has an obligation to nominate good people. my hope is we will promptly confirm you and we will move promptly to make sure you have the team around you that you need. dr. coburn? >> thank you. again, welcome and thank you for your willingness to serve in this position. this committee and my office timelyruggled to receive responses from the department of homeland security to our inquiries and to reports that the department has moderated -- is mandated under law to provide to us. for example congress required the law in march. they are just now complying with that, but only after i threatened to ho
i did that on a number of occasions at the pentagon. >> ok. all -- whatd -- we you just said reminds me. leadership is the courage to stay out of step when everybody else is marching to the wrong 10. leadership also requires folks to lead. -- as youues know have said earlier -- this position has been vacant for months. the deputy secretary has been vacant for half a year. there are a number of other positions that need to be filled. the administration has an obligation to nominate good...
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and others sued the pentagon to do away with the ban. leon panetta, the outgoing director, follows a decade of war. >> women have been fighting in these combat roles for a long time. they just have not been getting the credit for it. they have not been earning what is due to them because of it and they have not been able to be promoted. >> not everyone thinks it is a good idea. >> it is needed. correct the damage is -- has been in place since 1984. -- >> began has been in place in 1994. correct new at noon, baltimore police release the identity on milton north avenue tuesday night. happen in the 600 blogger 9:30 p.m. tuesday night. officers discovered 32-year-old justin lee milton shot. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. a second victim was in the shooting appeared -- was in the shooting. a fire in apartments started around 4:30 a.m. this morning -- 12:30 p.m. this morning. part of the roof collapsed before they brought the fire under control around 2:30 a.m. no one was hurt. investigators are still on the scene.
and others sued the pentagon to do away with the ban. leon panetta, the outgoing director, follows a decade of war. >> women have been fighting in these combat roles for a long time. they just have not been getting the credit for it. they have not been earning what is due to them because of it and they have not been able to be promoted. >> not everyone thinks it is a good idea. >> it is needed. correct the damage is -- has been in place since 1984. -- >> began has been...
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as the pentagon's top lawyer, he helped design and implement many of the policies that have kept our country safe. including of dismantling the core of al qaeda. when i directed my national security team to be more open about how we make decisions especially when it comes to making terrorist attacks. jay spoke on how we meet today's threats including the rule of law. jay knows that meeting these threats demands cooperation and coordination and he has been there in the situation room at the table in moments of decision working with leaders to make sure that everyone is rowing in the same direction. he's respected across our government as a team player. somebody who knows how to get folks who don't always agree to work towards a common goal. jay has experienced leading complex organizations first under bob gates and then under leon panetta. he helped oversee more than three million personnel across the country and around the world. it is fair to say that former secretary's gates and panetta will attest to the incredible professionalism that jay brings to the job and the bipartisan appr
as the pentagon's top lawyer, he helped design and implement many of the policies that have kept our country safe. including of dismantling the core of al qaeda. when i directed my national security team to be more open about how we make decisions especially when it comes to making terrorist attacks. jay spoke on how we meet today's threats including the rule of law. jay knows that meeting these threats demands cooperation and coordination and he has been there in the situation room at the...
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why hasn't the pentagon tried to beat senators like gillibrand to the punch? certainly they don't want the fate to be in the hands of what congress does or does not do to them? have they been trying to defuse this issue? >> they certainly have put in new measures and the pentagon is trying to be proactive on this. can i just go back to the picture on the hill? all male senior leaders. the optics of that say so much of that about the senior leadership of the military in general. i think that's why you have so much pushback from someone like senator gillibrand, too, who says basically, you don't get it. to me one fundamental problem here, though, they have horrible data. the 26,000 number of sexual assaults could really be anything from a pat on the rear end to rape. they've got to get better data. gwen: and yet has support from people like senator cruz and senator paul all across the board. it's not just a women's issue or a democratic issue either. >> it can't just be a women's issue or they'll never solve it. gwen: that's a nice point of view but not wrong. t
why hasn't the pentagon tried to beat senators like gillibrand to the punch? certainly they don't want the fate to be in the hands of what congress does or does not do to them? have they been trying to defuse this issue? >> they certainly have put in new measures and the pentagon is trying to be proactive on this. can i just go back to the picture on the hill? all male senior leaders. the optics of that say so much of that about the senior leadership of the military in general. i think...
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he showed himself to be loyal representative for him in the pentagon. and so i couldn't imagine you would see much daylight between the two but we'll have to see in terms of what the broader legacy is and many ways depends on what happens. newswise under his tenure, whether there's anything that's unforeseen and that shadows and colors anyone's legacy. >> it's safe to say the legacy of janet napolitano, it's going to be border security and the fact that under this administration, a lot of folks don't realize this, there have been more illegal immigrants deported on an annual basis than any point before. >> right, unfortunately the obama administration does hold -- they are on track for the record number of deportation. i think carrie made an important point. this job, dhs secretary, it is a thankless job in terms of immigration because no matter what he does going forward, he will always face criticism on the right from people saying he is not enforcing immigration laws. no matter what he does going forward, he faces criticism from people on left he's t
he showed himself to be loyal representative for him in the pentagon. and so i couldn't imagine you would see much daylight between the two but we'll have to see in terms of what the broader legacy is and many ways depends on what happens. newswise under his tenure, whether there's anything that's unforeseen and that shadows and colors anyone's legacy. >> it's safe to say the legacy of janet napolitano, it's going to be border security and the fact that under this administration, a lot of...
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during the time of the pentagon papers. in other words, you... >> guest: no. c-span: he wasn't your lawyer then, but he--he was secretary of state... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... but he had been your lawyer. >> guest: yes. right. c-span: paul ignatius was--was he president of your company? >> guest: yes. c-span: and he had been secretary of the navy. >> guest: yes. c-span: but he was at your company then. >> guest: yes. c-span: rozwell kilpatrick played a role somewhere in your company. >> guest: roz was not--a, he was in a--involved with us as a law partner in cravath and before that he'd been in the government. c-span: was he deputy sec... >> guest: and then he went on--he was on our--yes, he was deputy s--defense secretary. c-span: and ed williams had--edward bennett williams had been your husband's attorney. >> guest: when he was--when he was thinking he wanted a divorce. c-span: divorce and take some of your money and go the other way and then you ended up leaning him at a time--for a price... >> guest: we became very close friends, and then he came in as t
during the time of the pentagon papers. in other words, you... >> guest: no. c-span: he wasn't your lawyer then, but he--he was secretary of state... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... but he had been your lawyer. >> guest: yes. right. c-span: paul ignatius was--was he president of your company? >> guest: yes. c-span: and he had been secretary of the navy. >> guest: yes. c-span: but he was at your company then. >> guest: yes. c-span: rozwell kilpatrick played a role...
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his experience at the pentagon does not stretch into that realm nearly as much or the natural disaster realm as it does some of the other legal issues that the defense department tackles. >> libby after we just went through such a contentious period, and there was so much division on capitol hill, is there a sense that anybody has the stomach for a fight over a presidential nomination? >> not necessarily in this case, but members of congress feel very strongly about an individual they will let their points be known. what sometimes happens, though, is a member of the potential cabinet will get caught up in the bickering and a nominee will get held up because of other political fights, so that can happen on one hand. on the other hand there is the actual look at jeh johnson what he brings to the job, what some of the positives and negatives are. we'll hear the president talk about why he thinks he is the nominate. this job comes with a lot of focus and scrutiny, and the big portfolio that we talked about. >> libby we just showed our audience a scene that is so familiar. a picture of the
his experience at the pentagon does not stretch into that realm nearly as much or the natural disaster realm as it does some of the other legal issues that the defense department tackles. >> libby after we just went through such a contentious period, and there was so much division on capitol hill, is there a sense that anybody has the stomach for a fight over a presidential nomination? >> not necessarily in this case, but members of congress feel very strongly about an individual...
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with the pentagon, for example. in many respects. and so the management issues are things that i expect to devote time and attention to, but we need to be vigilant with respect to homeland security. i recognize the issues with morale. i saw the most recent report. i hope to be a visible leader, remind people of the importance of the overriding unifying mission of homeland security, and i will work very hard, all my energy to pursue all these missions because i do believe that homeland security, protection of public safety and the american public is a core mission of the united states government. >> all right, thank you. i mentioned earlier, and others have alluded to it, you i former general counsel to the air force, department of defense as well and get had the privilege of working close with some outstanding leaders and very gifted managers, bob gates and leon panetta are among those. you've also had the honor of working alongside literally thousands of men and women who put on uniform everyday, go out and serve our country. could
with the pentagon, for example. in many respects. and so the management issues are things that i expect to devote time and attention to, but we need to be vigilant with respect to homeland security. i recognize the issues with morale. i saw the most recent report. i hope to be a visible leader, remind people of the importance of the overriding unifying mission of homeland security, and i will work very hard, all my energy to pursue all these missions because i do believe that homeland security,...
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inside the pentagon they are consumed right now with the sequester. the looming $500 billion and budget cuts. they don't need this monkey wrench thrown into the works. hagel has support in the pentagon but there's leeriness, he didn't do very well in his confirmation hearing and there is blood in the water and the they're moving inÑi for the kil. basically i think what's happening and what happened today is the sense that this is another ten days for drips, drips, drips that could send his nomination into a tail spin. but basically the military's professional. ash carter, the deputy, is a great guy. secretary panetta, who spent time this afternoon at section 60 of arlington national cemetery, was hoping to say good-bye to some ofxd the young men and women who died in afghanistan and iraq and then those monterey for keeps will be coming back and going to brussels next week. >> warner: for the nato ministers meeting. you said there was some leeriness in the pentagon aboutó hagel and what kind of a defense secretary he is. based on what? >> based on th
inside the pentagon they are consumed right now with the sequester. the looming $500 billion and budget cuts. they don't need this monkey wrench thrown into the works. hagel has support in the pentagon but there's leeriness, he didn't do very well in his confirmation hearing and there is blood in the water and the they're moving inÑi for the kil. basically i think what's happening and what happened today is the sense that this is another ten days for drips, drips, drips that could send his...
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the pentagon announced tell it would absorb the blow. >> the defense department faces enormous budgetary uncertainty. >> economists warn that sequestration will hit the entire metro area, possibly more than any other region. department of agriculture employee charles says that it could impact meatpacking plants. >> we will have to be frugal. >> that means less tax revenue for jurisdictions. another impact? fewer riders and less revenue for metro. >> federal workers will have less disposable income. >> a new factor in the payroll tax increase, up $5.5 billion from reduce procurement spending, that is a whopping $13 billion out of the metro area economy. >> it has already crippled the economy in the sense that it has stopped moving. >> even non-government workers are worried. >> it could be bad news. >> and now congress is on break and president obama spent the weekend hanging out with tiger woods. however, there are a lot of people optimistic that the white house and congress will get down to business and come up with an agreement to avert sequestration san. reporting live, abc7 news. >>
the pentagon announced tell it would absorb the blow. >> the defense department faces enormous budgetary uncertainty. >> economists warn that sequestration will hit the entire metro area, possibly more than any other region. department of agriculture employee charles says that it could impact meatpacking plants. >> we will have to be frugal. >> that means less tax revenue for jurisdictions. another impact? fewer riders and less revenue for metro. >> federal workers...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama today tapped former pentagon official jeh johnson-- a key architect of counter-terrorism policy-- to be the next secretary of homeland security. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, a closer look at a skull-- nearly two million years old-- that could up-end what we know about the evolution of the human species. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks >> the first exploration outside of africa. and that's pretty mind blowing. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze a very full week of news. those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made pos
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama today tapped former pentagon official jeh johnson-- a key architect of counter-terrorism policy-- to be the next secretary of homeland security. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, a closer look at a skull-- nearly two million years old-- that could up-end what we know about the evolution of the human species. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks >> the first...
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"the new york times" prints the pentagon papers. perhaps this audience does know, the pentagon papers did not cover the nixon administration. he was protecting the democratic administrations of lbj and kennedy. their conduct of the vietnam war. he was protecting the executive branch and the existence of classified materials. so, yeah, they broke into daniel elsburg's psychiatrist's office, and it was some of the same guys who broke into the watergate -- the democratic that headquarters. liberals are utter obsessives. every weekend you can find them going into the library of congress to listen to the nixon watergate tapes, they are so obsessed with richard nixon. you would think they'd hear richard nixon pacing around his office saying what makes me so angry is that they think i would be stupid enough to break in to the watergate hotel democratic office. so he didn't know about it beforehand. he thought it was stupid. he did not think his people had anything to do with it. that was considered an impeachable offense when it was richar
"the new york times" prints the pentagon papers. perhaps this audience does know, the pentagon papers did not cover the nixon administration. he was protecting the democratic administrations of lbj and kennedy. their conduct of the vietnam war. he was protecting the executive branch and the existence of classified materials. so, yeah, they broke into daniel elsburg's psychiatrist's office, and it was some of the same guys who broke into the watergate -- the democratic that...
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the pentagon has about 8000 civilian employees. the furloughs would save about $5 billion. protesters marched on the steps of the supreme court, calling for a 40-year decision to be overturned. pro-life activists held their annual march for life. religious leaders also participated. >> soon, you could be paying double for a popular it salad and sandwich standby. >> we are talking tomatoes. >> i am rob roblin. a live report, coming up. >> in many areas, the snow keeps coming dow >> good afternoon. here's a look at what we are working on for 11 years at 6:00. continue to track winter weather with live team coverage. why this session could have you paying more at the pump. >> jumping into the icy chesapeake bay in january is shocking. believe me. i have done it three times now. >> and this will be the most bone chilling polar bear plunge possibly ever. rob roblin is live at the state park. robbie, we have been watching the video. how are they going to do this all night? >> it gets difficult about this time of the evening when you do the super plunge. the sun goes down. there i
the pentagon has about 8000 civilian employees. the furloughs would save about $5 billion. protesters marched on the steps of the supreme court, calling for a 40-year decision to be overturned. pro-life activists held their annual march for life. religious leaders also participated. >> soon, you could be paying double for a popular it salad and sandwich standby. >> we are talking tomatoes. >> i am rob roblin. a live report, coming up. >> in many areas, the snow keeps...
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william mcchesney martin, then chairman of the federal reserve, had very good contacts with the pentagon and through e federal resee system,rs. those directors and anches all around the cou, the informationwas pou, showing that the economy was heating up. to martin, inflationasmoren a s. it was a present reality. to mthe federal reserve board s. decided to fight it. in december 1965, they raised the discount rate. johnson hit the ceiling. he announced publicly he would call bill martin, the chairman of the federal reserve, down to the ranch for a tongue-lashing. but raising the discount rate didn't keep inflation from growing. it breaks my heart to go shopping. the war kept growing, too. when neither the administration nor congress applied fiscal restraints, the fed decided to go it alone again. they used an open-market operation. in january 1966, they sold government bonds to tighten up the nation's money supply. interest rates rose dramatically. soon, any business sensitive to interest rates was caught in a credit crunch. the housing industry was hardest hit. the full effect of the fed
william mcchesney martin, then chairman of the federal reserve, had very good contacts with the pentagon and through e federal resee system,rs. those directors and anches all around the cou, the informationwas pou, showing that the economy was heating up. to martin, inflationasmoren a s. it was a present reality. to mthe federal reserve board s. decided to fight it. in december 1965, they raised the discount rate. johnson hit the ceiling. he announced publicly he would call bill martin, the...
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so the congress in its infinite wisdom told the pentagon they have to have 11 aircraft carriers. they got special permission to have ten for a while while they are building a new one and the pentagon wants to replace each aircraft carrier it has every five years for the rest of my life. each of the new aircraft carriers which are enormous the navy calls them four and a half acres of the sovereign territory costs $11 billion. $11 billion is the same amount that medicare will spend on all of the hip, knee and shoulder surgery on 700,000 medicare beneficiaries. so when you do the scale, one carrier, 700,000 joint replacement. that's not the worst. when they take one of these things out of commission, it costs $2 billion. aircraft carriers are expensive. each has two nuclear reactors and dissembling the nuclear reactor is expensive so we have some decisions to make on how big of a defense budget we want to have. brad mentioned a couple misconceptions people have. one of the other misconceptions people have is all the money that they spend goes to pay bureaucrats most of whom people t
so the congress in its infinite wisdom told the pentagon they have to have 11 aircraft carriers. they got special permission to have ten for a while while they are building a new one and the pentagon wants to replace each aircraft carrier it has every five years for the rest of my life. each of the new aircraft carriers which are enormous the navy calls them four and a half acres of the sovereign territory costs $11 billion. $11 billion is the same amount that medicare will spend on all of the...
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. >> reporter: and so the pentagon announced today that women will now be allowed to serve in direct combat roles. the new policy lifts a 1994 ban. >> not everybody is going to be able to be a combat soldier but everybody is entitled to a chance. >> reporter: women already make up 15% of the one and a half million active duty military people. more than 150 have died in afghanistan and iraq. a congresswoman was a helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs. >> america's daughters just as capable of defending as the sons. >> reporter: under the new policy women will be able to be a part of infantry units if they meet the physical requirements. >> physically i think it'll be really hard. women aren't built the same way as men. i think there is going to be a lot of discrimination. >> reporter: units will have the opportunity to seek waivers to stop women from taking certain jobs but they have to be approved by the defense secretary. a vast majority support women but there are critics. a young soldier told abc that women are designed to love and nurture men are designed to hunt and kill. t
. >> reporter: and so the pentagon announced today that women will now be allowed to serve in direct combat roles. the new policy lifts a 1994 ban. >> not everybody is going to be able to be a combat soldier but everybody is entitled to a chance. >> reporter: women already make up 15% of the one and a half million active duty military people. more than 150 have died in afghanistan and iraq. a congresswoman was a helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs. >> america's...
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the pentagon information? >> the primary concern is protecting the american public in the area against any public further attacks boy the air. they have no indication there will be. there is some concern that since this appears to be a highly coordinated attack there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counter terrorist planners. apparently there were no firm indications prior to this could have happened. it would be for protection for the time being. not necessary low even thinking right now about any retaliation. >> david gregory is on the phone. >> the president is about to begin an education event which is being canceled. it will go forward in so far the president will come out and make a statement about this. he was made aware en route from his hotel to the school here in sarasota where he was going to talk about education and he will make a statement and we are told by white house officials quick low depa
the pentagon information? >> the primary concern is protecting the american public in the area against any public further attacks boy the air. they have no indication there will be. there is some concern that since this appears to be a highly coordinated attack there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counter terrorist planners. apparently there were no firm indications prior to this...
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when you hear things like that sources of mine in the pentagon said if you saw the military plane, i think you would feel better. you have to wonder are they explaining it in such a limited way to gain political support including from those on the left and not really talking about that this may be a more involved military operation, though, short-term. >> you say feel better of it, if you support the idea of the strike for those who oppose it, it would be larger than being sold -- >> that's right, but the president's political allies in congress, those tend to be in the middle in the left might not want to hear that this may involve air assets and crews and might want to hear it described in a more limited way. you have to wonder if it's being described to politically back the president. >> the abc news reporting, you look at the draft resolution in the senate and see language that kind of has mission creep or seems larger. >> yeah, look, you can conduct the entire kosovo war within the terms of that senate resolution. you know, first of all, look at the time that's a lotted. we're n
when you hear things like that sources of mine in the pentagon said if you saw the military plane, i think you would feel better. you have to wonder are they explaining it in such a limited way to gain political support including from those on the left and not really talking about that this may be a more involved military operation, though, short-term. >> you say feel better of it, if you support the idea of the strike for those who oppose it, it would be larger than being sold --...
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this with the pentagon. >> fascinating stuff. thanks for coming in. we appreciate it. >>> coming up on "the lead," feeding your brain. a new study looks at the power of sleep in fighting off diseases like alzheimer's and dementia. we'll explain. >>> next, the future of drone technology is here. we're using one for this very shot. coming up next on "the lead." t: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the hearverythwe do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. was a truly amazing day.ey, without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers. you can find it all on angie's list. join today
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this was the number two man at the pentagon at the time thomas bolstad. you can see basically this is from his testimony to congress that this is a very dangerous thing to do to bring the military into domestic policing historically has resulted in disaster. we have done a good job in domestic law enforcement but i argue an ibook that we have done an end around this posse, taught us. instead of bringing soldiers into domestic law enforcement we have allowed police officers to basically be armed like police like using the tactics of the dressed like an adult the mindset of soldiers. the outcome i think is just as troubling as if the military were doing policing themselves. i'm going to play a quick little game here. this is a game called cop or soldier. i will show you a photo and you can save police officer or soldier. these photos are police in the u.s. or u.s. military. this is a cop. soldier. cop. those are actually cops. soldiers. soldiers. cops. that's an oregon state trooper. colin not .. >> that can be a part of the overpowering force. one interest
this was the number two man at the pentagon at the time thomas bolstad. you can see basically this is from his testimony to congress that this is a very dangerous thing to do to bring the military into domestic policing historically has resulted in disaster. we have done a good job in domestic law enforcement but i argue an ibook that we have done an end around this posse, taught us. instead of bringing soldiers into domestic law enforcement we have allowed police officers to basically be armed...
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it should be made open and should be in fact given to the pentagon and i thing this is needed not only for the transitional period but for post assad. and i think this is one of the ways that the u.s. can be very effective in shaping in fact the post assad order, which is we want and we need and most syrians would like the u.s. to play that role. i think the good news, though, is that there are a lot of countries willing to do more in the region. and i think if you read the report by the international crisis group that came out yesterday, it came with really some good recommendations. it did mention in detail challenges facing the coalition and we agree with many of them. but it says that our ally, the core group need to get their act together as well. they need to have better coordination. and for that to happen you need the u.s. leadership which has been lacking. i think that has been one of the weaknesses. the other side has fewer friends but those friends are much more effective and providing everything that the assad needs weapons, money, political support. so we have all of these
it should be made open and should be in fact given to the pentagon and i thing this is needed not only for the transitional period but for post assad. and i think this is one of the ways that the u.s. can be very effective in shaping in fact the post assad order, which is we want and we need and most syrians would like the u.s. to play that role. i think the good news, though, is that there are a lot of countries willing to do more in the region. and i think if you read the report by the...
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. >> at the top of the hour, new appointment, cabinet level appointment, jay johnson pentagon's former top lawyer, general counsel at an early fundraiser for obama in 2008 to head department of homeland security, succeeding janet napolitano. since leaving the pentagon the former prosecutor and corporate lawyer has been outspoken about the u.s. drone program and changing face of al qaeda. as he noted with us just last spring. >> al qaeda as it looked in 2001 is very different now. it's morphed. it's broken into small affiliates. we see terrorist organizations in africa and elsewhere, so it's time to develop a new approach from the one we've been in for the last 12 years. >> now he's going to get a chance. jeh johnson must be confirmed by the senate. >>> health and human secretary kathleen sebelius said it has been a rocky start for the federal government's online system to shop for health plans. can the administration get it fixed before the political damage becomes severe? who is going to get the blame for the continuing problems. joining me now david gregory moderator of "meet the pre
. >> at the top of the hour, new appointment, cabinet level appointment, jay johnson pentagon's former top lawyer, general counsel at an early fundraiser for obama in 2008 to head department of homeland security, succeeding janet napolitano. since leaving the pentagon the former prosecutor and corporate lawyer has been outspoken about the u.s. drone program and changing face of al qaeda. as he noted with us just last spring. >> al qaeda as it looked in 2001 is very different now....
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the pentagon uses waist and neck measurements to determine fitness. some service members claim it is an unfair standard for those with bulkier, more muscular build. defense department says only a fraction of those that have body pat that's over the limit perform well on fitness testses. >>> if you are looking to avoid getting the cold or flu, you might want to steer clear of birthday parties. stu found a number of bacteria on the average birthday cake includes 15 times after the candles were blown out. doctors suggest serving cupcakes to help everyone keep their germs to themselves. there's new a new type of radiation that's trading breast cancer in just 20 minutes. it is called intraoperative radiation therapy. as doreen gentzler shows us, the patient goes in for one treatment instead of weeks of therapy. >> i have the best kind of cancer you can possibly have if you have to get cancer. >> 83-year-old rhoda has never let her age get in the way of her fiery personality. but it has affected her ability to walk and move about. when she was diagnosed wit
the pentagon uses waist and neck measurements to determine fitness. some service members claim it is an unfair standard for those with bulkier, more muscular build. defense department says only a fraction of those that have body pat that's over the limit perform well on fitness testses. >>> if you are looking to avoid getting the cold or flu, you might want to steer clear of birthday parties. stu found a number of bacteria on the average birthday cake includes 15 times after the...
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he does, as the former top lawyer for the pentagon, wolf, have some management experience. there are 10,000 military and civilian attorneys beneath him, but he really had a lot more to do with terrorism. identifying certain al qaeda targets and if it was okay for the u.s. to pursue them to kill them. so happy he really has a lot of experience with terrorism. i think since you're seeing immigration reform going to be something president obama is pushing, we expect that to be a bit of a partisan fight that you're hearing from republicans who are sort of honing in on really the issue of border enforcement and when it comes to things like immigration enforcement. >> we expect the announcement at the top of the next hour, isn't that right, brianna. >> yeah, that's right, wolf. >> 2:00 p.m. eastern live coverage here on cnn. brianna keilar, thanks very much. the shutdown and near default put the spotlight on divisions inside the republican party. the american people have are taken notice. that accounts for pretty low poll numbers. let's take a closer look at what the lies ahead.
he does, as the former top lawyer for the pentagon, wolf, have some management experience. there are 10,000 military and civilian attorneys beneath him, but he really had a lot more to do with terrorism. identifying certain al qaeda targets and if it was okay for the u.s. to pursue them to kill them. so happy he really has a lot of experience with terrorism. i think since you're seeing immigration reform going to be something president obama is pushing, we expect that to be a bit of a partisan...
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. >>> today the pentagon warned hundreds of thousands of civilian workers that they are likely to lose one day of week of work for the foreseeable future if the sequester takes effect, those furloughs would begin in april. jennifer johnson is on capitol hill with a story that affects a lot of people in our area. jennifer? >> that's right, jim. the clock is ticking the congress has just about -- just a bit over a week to come up with some kind of budget deal. if that does not happen, these cuts go into effect automatically, which will have a huge impact on the pentagon. the defense department will take the biggest hit if congress can't come up with a budget deal and the so-called sequester, $85 billion in across the board, automatic spending cuts goes into effect by law. >> i think we're going to have serious readiness effects. i don't know where we're going to get the money. these are legally binding requirements. >> panetta said the vast majority of the debt's 800,000 civilian workers will have to be furloughed one day a week, in essence a 20% pay cut. secretary of state john kerry wa
. >>> today the pentagon warned hundreds of thousands of civilian workers that they are likely to lose one day of week of work for the foreseeable future if the sequester takes effect, those furloughs would begin in april. jennifer johnson is on capitol hill with a story that affects a lot of people in our area. jennifer? >> that's right, jim. the clock is ticking the congress has just about -- just a bit over a week to come up with some kind of budget deal. if that does not...
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hagel is expected to have enough votes to get past the senate filibuster and be confirmed as the top pentagon official. his nomination was met with criticism by some senate republicans. >>> well, just days after speaking to millions in an ash wednesday mass, pope benedict 16 will now meet with parish priests from rome today. he's expected to talk about his personal experiences during the reformist second vatican council back in the 1960s. he made a surprise announcement last week saying he would be stepping down from his position due to health reasons. the story is continuing to develop. >>> five things to know on this thursday morning. check your fridge before making your salad and heading off to work today because taylor farms retail is recalling some baby spinach because it could be contaminated with e. coli. it was sold around several labels. >>> the numbers have gone up 4% since 2002. in the study half the women who used the pill said they did it because they had unprotected sex. >>> passengers aboard a carnival cruise ship will finally be able to get off the boat today. it's expected to
hagel is expected to have enough votes to get past the senate filibuster and be confirmed as the top pentagon official. his nomination was met with criticism by some senate republicans. >>> well, just days after speaking to millions in an ash wednesday mass, pope benedict 16 will now meet with parish priests from rome today. he's expected to talk about his personal experiences during the reformist second vatican council back in the 1960s. he made a surprise announcement last week...
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the pentagon papers he read into the record some of of the disclosures, put in 400,000 pages of pentagon pairs. there's rumors that there's more to come in these disclosures. whistle blowers have suggested the n.s.a. whistle blower that there's more that we don't know that we should though. will you or will some of your colleagues, are you willing to use the privilege that constitutional privilege that's outlined and used in the 1960 to see put that into the record so that we, the public can see that kind of thing? >> you're referring to the speech and debate in the constitution. we've already gone so far beyond that in what's already been disclosed. every time there's a new disclose that you are comes out, the people in charge, like general alexander are asked is there anything else. they always say no, and then there's something else. >> i got to ask one last question on this topic, before we go to the break. you know, you mentioned the fourth amendment. i know that you've got to include it in one of the bills, the provision sailing that you can't vital the fourth amendment, but they'r
the pentagon papers he read into the record some of of the disclosures, put in 400,000 pages of pentagon pairs. there's rumors that there's more to come in these disclosures. whistle blowers have suggested the n.s.a. whistle blower that there's more that we don't know that we should though. will you or will some of your colleagues, are you willing to use the privilege that constitutional privilege that's outlined and used in the 1960 to see put that into the record so that we, the public can...
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so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to talk about this is fred kaplan, fred is the author of a terrific new book about general petraeus called "the insuragainst." fred. thank for joining me. >> thank you. >> jennifer: what could we do to cut defense spending that would still leave us prepared for future conflicts? in light of the sequester, et cetera, what do we need to do -- how do we need to focus the cuts. >> on the see questation this was a deal that congress made. everybody would be faced with the same pressure. the defense budget is going to be cut quite a bit no matter what happens because of the fiscal pressures and the fact
so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to...
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i don't think the pentagon was on board in revealing "don't ask, don't tell." i don't think all commanders were behind that policy. sometimes the military needs congress to provide the oversight and accountability that our constitution actually calls for. it's the reason why the department of defense will have a secretary who is a civilian. we want to have this level of oversight, and this is just a series of crimes that have not gone investigated and prosecuted and we don't see the conviction rates that we need to, because these crimes aren't taken seriously enough and it is a structural issue. secretary hagel did make the change of saying article 60, which was the decision to overturn a conviction, should be taken out of the chain of command. i agree with that. i think he should also urge article 30, the decision point of whether or not to go to trial, should also be taken out of the chain of command. >> senator kirsten gillibrand, thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you. >>> joining me at the table tonight, rachel maddow, my friend, also host of "the
i don't think the pentagon was on board in revealing "don't ask, don't tell." i don't think all commanders were behind that policy. sometimes the military needs congress to provide the oversight and accountability that our constitution actually calls for. it's the reason why the department of defense will have a secretary who is a civilian. we want to have this level of oversight, and this is just a series of crimes that have not gone investigated and prosecuted and we don't see the...
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pentagon attorneys around the world. very much a legal mind here. when he served, writing some of those justifications for drone attacks. speaking out publicly after he left about the justification for the killings, the targeted killings by u.s. drones overseas. killing, justifying killing of american citizens overseas by drones when they got involved in terrorist activities. very much also speaking out about the need to change the thinking about the war on terror. that it was becoming not so much a military operation but one for the intelligent and law enforcement communities to pursue. so his thinking along that all of these, certainly and obviously, in line with president obama. so not maybe so much a surprise around the pentagon that he would be nominated for this type of job. it falls in line with a lot of his expertise. brooke. >> barbara, stay with me. brianna, let me go to you at the white house, as our eyes are trained on the door, waiting for the president and jeh johnson and the vice president to exit. we know
pentagon attorneys around the world. very much a legal mind here. when he served, writing some of those justifications for drone attacks. speaking out publicly after he left about the justification for the killings, the targeted killings by u.s. drones overseas. killing, justifying killing of american citizens overseas by drones when they got involved in terrorist activities. very much also speaking out about the need to change the thinking about the war on terror. that it was becoming not so...
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at the pentagon, chairman of the joint chiefs martin dempsey thinks this move will reduce sexual assaults. he claims the disparity in the gender roles in the military can lead to disrespect and violence against women. today, dempsey and defense secretary leon panetta signed an order opening up all combat roles for women. >> for us, i'm a 11 bravo, i'm a bang-bang, i go out there on the front leans with the guys, it shows that we are equal. >> women already serve in many combat-related jobs but were banned from frontline positions. >>> red light cameras appear to be doing their job. new research shows fewer tickets are going out and cash crashes are down. eight arlington intersections, four of them had red light cameras installed. the report finds violations dropped between 39 and 86% at intersections with the cameras. researchers say the most dangerous violations, running a red light a second after it's red, is also down. >>> two planes clipped wings. a plane arriving from brussels this afternoon hit the wing of another plane that was parked. passengers exited the plane and no one was hur
at the pentagon, chairman of the joint chiefs martin dempsey thinks this move will reduce sexual assaults. he claims the disparity in the gender roles in the military can lead to disrespect and violence against women. today, dempsey and defense secretary leon panetta signed an order opening up all combat roles for women. >> for us, i'm a 11 bravo, i'm a bang-bang, i go out there on the front leans with the guys, it shows that we are equal. >> women already serve in many...
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we have former pentagon general counsel jeh johnson joining us for the interview. please, stay with us. >>> the attorney general of the united states broke some major news today in an unexpected way, took a lot of people by surprise. part of the reason we know that is because this wanted poster was still posted at fbi.gov this afternoon for several hours after the attorney general admitted in print this afternoon that actually this guy is no longer wanted, he's dead. so, he's not wanted anymore. shortly after the national security reporter, spencer ackerman, and a number of other folks started tweeting links to the poster, the fbi took it down. did the fbi really not know that that guy had been killed until the attorney general told congress and the general public about it this afternoon? i mean, they had a wanted poster out for him, so presumably, they were expending some fbi resources wanting the guy, right, looking for him. if they were looking for him but another agency of the u.s. government, presumably the cia or maybe the military, some other part of the u.s
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. $500 billion cited to come out of the defense budget, pentagon leaders are worried about the impact in the military. if congress cannot get a big deal, -- >> then they should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms. >> get us through the fiscal year and give congress time to work on a budget. >> we should give them a chance to come up with this budget instead of making indiscriminate cuts now that will cost us jobs and significantly slowed down our recovery. >> both sides agree something has to be done, but how? republican leaders are digging in their heels against more tax revenue. john boehner believes there is a better way to reduce the deficit but americans do not support sacrificing real spending caps for more tax hikes. the president signaled yesterday he might be open to changes in medicare and social security. >> coming up, a powerful earthquake triggers a five-foot tsunami in the south pacific. the latest estimates on the damage. you could soon go all we can without mail service. why the post office is cons >> at least five people are dead in the solomon isl
. $500 billion cited to come out of the defense budget, pentagon leaders are worried about the impact in the military. if congress cannot get a big deal, -- >> then they should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms. >> get us through the fiscal year and give congress time to work on a budget. >> we should give them a chance to come up with this budget instead of making indiscriminate cuts now that will cost us jobs and significantly slowed down our recovery....